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Be flexible and committed
Protecting your 20% time is like maintaining a diet: It’s good to be disciplined, but sometimes you need to bend the rules and be flexible.
Client emergencies or impromptu staff meetings may prevent you from spending the time you’ve allocated in your calendar, and that’s okay — as long as you make a point to reschedule it and keep that commitment.
The point isn’t that you have to do your 20% time every Thursday afternoon; the point is to do it, period.
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Google's 20 Percent Time
“We encourage our employees, in addition to their regular projects, to spend 20% of their time working on what they think will most benefit Google,” founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page wrote in their IPO letter...
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Think In Decades
Just like with an investment in the stock market, when you invest time in your 20% projects, the power of compound interest is dramatic. What at first seems small and meaningless can enable you to put massive distance between you and your competitors.
The gift of the 20% time, especially w...
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Look for ways to make it fun
It takes effort guard your 20% time, and it’s a lot harder to maintain that willpower if all you’re doing is endless homework and rigorous training sessions.
You may need a hardcore dose of that willpower periodically because in any discipline, there are some challenging elements you’ll hav...
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Clearly identify what you want to learn
The key here is to be as specific as possible about what skill you want to build. So instead of taking 10 courses on 10 different topics, develop mastery in just one.
You’ll see faster improvement over time, which will motivate you to continue. And genuine expertise — for example, in writin...
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Win — even if you lose
This is the ultimate way to make sure your 20% time doesn’t go to waste. Figure out the minimum benefit you’ll get out of a given situation or opportunity, even if nothing else breaks your way.
It might be exposure to a new industry, making connections in a different region, or practicing v...
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